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  1. If the adopted child commits a serious offence calculated to impair the honour of the house or to damage its property;
  2. If the adopted child absents himself and does not return within three years;
  3. If it is uncertain during not less than three years whether the adopted child is alive or dead;
  4. If the other party illtreats or grossly insults one of the ascendants of the complainant;
  5. In the case of the adoption of a mukoyōshi, if a divorce takes place, or in the case of the marriage of an adopted child to a daughter of the house, if a divorce takes place or the marriage is cancelled.

867.

So long as the adopted child is under fifteen years of age, an action to dissolve the adoption can be brought by any person who has a right to act for the child in respect to the adoption.

In that case the provisions of Art. 843, 2 apply corresponding.

868.

In the cases of Art. 866, Nos. 1–6 an action to dissolve the adoption cannot be brought, if the party concerned has condoned the act of the other party or his ascendant.

869.

In the case of Art. 866, No. 4 an action to dissolve the adoption cannot be brought, if one party has consented to the act of the other party.

A party who has himself been sentenced to punish-

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